... Select Essays of Elia
Author: Charles Lamb
Publisher:
Published: 1909
Total Pages: 366
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRead and Download eBook Full
Author: Charles Lamb
Publisher:
Published: 1909
Total Pages: 366
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Charles Lamb
Publisher:
Published: 1833
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Claude Moore Fuess
Publisher:
Published: 1914
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Charles Lamb
Publisher: Penguin UK
Published: 2013-08-01
Total Pages: 515
ISBN-13: 0141392924
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis selection brings together the best prose writings of the great early nineteenth-century essayist Charles Lamb, whose shrewd wit and convivial style have endeared him to generations of readers. These pieces include early discussions of Hogarth and Shakespeare; masterly essays written under the pen-name 'Elia' that range over such subjects as drunkenness, witches, dreams, marriage and the joy of roast pig; and letters to Lamb's circle of contemporaries, among them Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth. Wryly amused by the world, allusive, searching and endlessly inventive, these are the essential works of a master of English prose. In his introduction Adam Phillips discusses how Charles Lamb's tragic life and sainted reputation, caring for his mentally ill sister Mary, belied the quality of his work. This edition also includes a biographical index of Lamb's correspondents. Charles Lamb (1775-1834) was an English essayist best known for his humorous Essays of Elia from which the essay 'A Dissertation Upon Roast Pig' is taken. Lamb enjoyed a rich social life and became part of a group of young writers that included William Hazlitt, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Lord Byron and Samuel Taylor Coleridge with whom he shared a lifelong friendship. Lamb never achieved the same literary success as his friends but his influence on the English essay form cannot be underestimated and his book, Specimens of the English Dramatic Poets is remembered for popularising the work of Shakespeare's contemporaries.
Author: Tennessee Williams
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9780811217286
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"There isn't a dull or conventional page, or an unlovely sentence in the book."--Scott Eyman, The Palm Beach Post
Author: Charles Lamb
Publisher:
Published: 1835
Total Pages: 440
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Charles Lamb
Publisher:
Published: 1888
Total Pages: 466
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Tennessee Williams
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
Published: 1978
Total Pages: 198
ISBN-13: 9780811207065
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTennessee Williams' witty, engaging, and elegant essays are now available in a revised and much expanded edition.
Author: Virginia Woolf
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009-10-15
Total Pages: 285
ISBN-13: 0199556067
DOWNLOAD EBOOK'A good essay must draw its curtain round us, but it must be a curtain that shuts us in, not out.' According to Virginia Woolf, the goal of the essay 'is simply that it should give pleasure...It should lay us under a spell with its first word, and we should only wake, refreshed, with its last.' One of the best practitioners of the art she analysed so rewardingly, Woolf displayed her essay-writing skills across a wide range of subjects, with all the craftsmanship, substance, and rich allure of her novels. This selection brings together thirty of her best essays, including the famous 'Mr Bennett and Mrs Brown', a clarion call for modern fiction. She discusses the arts of writing and of reading, and the particular role and reputation of women writers. She writes movingly about her father and the art of biography, and of the London scene in the early decades of the twentieth century. Overall, these pieces are as indispensable to an understanding of this great writer as they are enchanting in their own right. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.